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He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker
Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the
Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered
the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision
that freed the African captives of The Amistad. He served
his nation as minister to six countries, secretary of state,
senator, congressman, and president.

John Quincy Adams was all of these things and more. In this
masterful biography, award winning author Harlow Giles Unger
reveals Quincy Adams as a towering figure in the nation’s
formative years and one of the most courageous figures in
American history, which is why he ranked first in John F.
Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prizewinning Profiles in
Courage.

A magisterial biography and a sweeping panorama of American
history from the Washington to Lincoln eras, Unger’s John
Quincy Adams follows one of America’s most important yet
least-known figures.